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Canadian Theological Society
Société théologique canadienne

 
   

Annual General Meeting
Canadian Theological Society/Société théologique canadienne
York University, Toronto, 28-30 May 2006

Sunday May 28
Room 170, Ross South Building
Room 171, Ross South Building
9:00-9:15

Welcome

Heather Eaton, President, Canadian Theological Society

 
9:15-11:00

Panel A: Theological Responses to Religious Pluralism: Guidance for the Contemporary Practitioner?

Participants: Paul Allen (Concordia University), Laurie Lamoureux-Scholes (Concordia University), Ian Ritchie (St. Luke's Anglican Church)

Are We A 'We' Yet?: The Emergence of Multi-faith Progressive Political Coalitions -- Nancie Erhard (St. Mary's University)

Canadian Mines and Christian Resistance -- Anne Marie Dalton (St. Mary's University)

11:00-12:15

Beyond Relationality: Toward a New Feminist Ethic of Mutuality -- Margaret Love (St. Paul University)

Language for Change -- Lorraine Ste-Marie (St. Paul University)

We Remember Zion: Rastafari Theological Reflections on the City -- Christopher Duncanson-Hales (St. Paul University)

Towards a Theology of Friendship in the "Global Village" -- Nadia Delicata (Regis College, University of Toronto)

12:15-1:30 Lunch  
1:30-3:15

Orientalism in Theology: Jesus' Representation -- Magi Abdul-Masih (St. Mary's University)

Cosmopolitan Identities of Engaged Christianity: An Ascension-based Analysis -- Peter Bisson (Campion College, University of Regina)

Panel B: The Future of Liberation Theology: Prospects and Prognoses

Participants: Lee Cormie, chair (St. Michael's College, TST), Scott Dunham (University of New Brunswick), Néstor Medina (Emmanuel College, TST), Jeff Nowers (Emmanuel College, TST)

3:30-5:30

Panel C: Sophia at the Gates: The Wisdom of Women's Ordination in the Canadian Roman Catholic Church

Participants: Marie Bouclin (Independent Scholar), Michele Birch-Conery (North Island College), Rosemary Ganley (Independent Scholar), Elaine Guillemin (Ryerson University)

Fleeing To and From the City: The Influence of Urban Life on the Early Work of Henry David Thoreau and Søren Aabye Kierkegaard -- Robert Martel (Independent Scholar)

The Visibility of 'Indecent' Pain: Virginia Woolf and the Raverats -- Alyda Faber (Atlantic School of Theology)

6:30 - CTS Dinner (location TBA)  

 

Monday May 29
Room 170, Ross South Building
Room 171, Ross South Building
8:30-10:00

Panel D: Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: The Future of Church Participation in the Public Forum

Participants: Brenda Appleby, chair (St. Francis Xavier University), Neil Parker (St. Paul University), Carolyn Sharp (St. Paul University)

The Cauldron of the City: Spirituality in Urban Life -- David Perrin (St. Paul University)

Cities as Humanizing and Dehumanizing: A Theological Reflection -- Christine Jamieson (Concordia University)

10:15-12:15

Panel E: Struggling to Recreate the World

Participants: Janet Conway (Ryerson University), Michel Beaudin (Université de Montréal), Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd (Augustine United Church), Lee Cormie (St. Michael's College, TST)

Sex in the City: Human Trafficking and the Sexual Slavery of Women and Children -- Eileen Kerwin Jones (St. Paul University)

The Influence of Feminist Theology on Canadian Women Artists -- Mary Ann Beavis (St. Thomas More College)

12:15-1:30

Lunch

 

1:30-3:15

Sightseeing with Kant, Blindseeing with Freud: Urban Evil, Transparent and Opaque -- Cameron Thomson (University of St. Michael's College)

The Holy Spirit as a Growing Edge of God -- Don Schweitzer (St. Andrew's College, University of Saskatchewan)

Eco-Justice - Visioning the Next New Normal -- Joy Kennedy (Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives)

Fondation d'un Centre de spiritualité écologique à Montréal -- Marie-Andrée Michaud (Wisdom University)

3:30-4:30

Presidential Address -- Heather Eaton (St. Paul University)

 

4:30-5:30

 

Annual General Meeting

 

 

7:00- CSPS/CSSR/CSBS/CTS Joint Lecture: Bart Ehrman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill): "The Alternative Vision of the Gospel of Judas" Location TBA. Reception to follow (hosted by CSPS).  

 

Tuesday May 30
Room 170, Ross South Building
Room 171, Ross South Building
8:30-10:00

Panel G (Seminar): Re-reading Classic Texts: Bonhoeffer's Christ the Center

Participants: David Tiessen, chair (Wycliffe College), Chris Holmes (Providence Theological Seminary), Alison Hari-Singh (Wycliffe College)

The Earth Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Foundational Principles and Expanded Meanings -- Jessica Fraser (St. Paul University)

The Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation -- Mark Hathaway (Independent Scholar)

10:15-12:15

Panel H (Book Review): Introducing Ecofeminist Theologies, by Heather Eaton

Participants: Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd, chair (Augustine United Church), Arthur Walker-Jones (University of Winnipeg), David Hallman (United Church of Canada), Anne Marie Dalton (St. Mary's University)

Barth and Wright. Bridging the Gulf in Biblical Studies -- Mike Michielin (Trinity College, TST)

On the Gift and Reciprocity: Marion contra Milbank -- Darren Dahl (McMaster University)

12:15-1:30

Lunch

 

1:30-2:30 Student Essay Contest . . . Winning Essay:

The World as City of the Spirit: The Spirit of Ecology and Technological Culture -- Andrew Gabriel (McMaster Divinity College)

 
2:30-4:00

A Feminist Reading of the Easter Triduum Liturgies -- Susan Roll (St. Paul University)

Eschatology from Liturgy: The Roman Catholic Order of Christian Funerals -- Sherri Vallee (St. Paul University)

Panel I: Alternatives in Theological Education in Canada: The Winnipeg Experience

Participants: Jane Barter Moulaison, chair (University of Winnipeg), James Christie (University of Winnipeg), Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd (Augustine United Church), August Konkel (Providence College & Seminary), Bill Blaikie (Member of Parliament [NDP], United Church of Canada)

4:00

Adjournment

John Franklin, Incoming President, Canadian Theological Society

 

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